James Edward Smith

English botanist, founder of the Linnean Society of London (1759–1828)

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Botany

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110 images from works
  • Mudwort (Limosella aquatica): flowering plant and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1796.
  • Rock or wall cress (Arabis turrita): flowering stem, leaves and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1794.
  • A plant (Vella annua): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1805.
  • A plant (Reseda fruticulosa) related to wild mignonette: flowering stem with floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1830, after J. Sowerby.
  • A plant (Erysimum orientale): flowering stem, root and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1807.
  • A wild rose (Rosa dicksoni): flowering stem, fruit and floral segments. Coloured engraving, c. 1831, after J. Sowerby.
  • Sea kale (Crambe maritima): flowers, leafy stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1801.
  • A plant (Cucubalus baccifer): flowering stem, fruit and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1806.
  • Mouse-ear (Cerastium latifolium): flowering stem and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1798.
  • Shepherd's purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris): flowering stem, leaf and floral segments. Coloured engraving after J. Sowerby, 1805.
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Images featuring James Edward Smith

8 images from works
  • Sir James Edward Smith, with a vignette of the pursuit of the ship containing the Linnean collection by order of the King of Sweden. Stipple engraving by W. Ridley, 1800, after J. Russell.
  • Sir James Edward Smith. Stipple engraving by B. Pastorini, 1796.
  • Sir James Edward Smith. Stipple engraving by F. C. Lewis, 1816, after W. Lane.
  • Sir James Edward Smith. Stipple engraving after J. Russell.
  • Sir James Edward Smith. Mezzotint by W. Say, 1832, after H. B. Love after F. Chantrey.
  • Sir James Edward Smith. Line engraving by P. Audinet, 1828.
  • Sir James Edward Smith. Stipple engraving by B. Pastorini, 1796.
  • Sir James Edward Smith. Etching by Mrs D. Turner after T. Worlidge.

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Frequent collaborators

James Sowerby
King's College London
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
William Jackson Hooker
Botany
Plants
Wild flowers - Great Britain
Cruciferae
Caryophyllaceae
Rosaceae
Scrophulariaceae
Sedum
Crassulaceae